Model A heater

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Looking at the Peter's heater how hard would it be to use copper tubing and and some copper sheet and solder up some thing to be similar to it. It wouldn't take much skill and after it got a little patina it would look like a period accessory. Anyone want to try? It's too cold here in Minnesota to go out in the garage. Happy New Year to all.

Mleder, A friend, (RIP, Max) used to make fake valve covers from BRASS & COPPER, to mount on flathead engines! They were truly one of a kind ART! Wish I had pics, or one of the covers. Bill W.

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

I just installed a Peters Heater last week, and today took it out for a ride to test it out. My niece is getting married this Saturday and I was hoping to be able to supply a little heat in the Town Sedan for her ride to the church. The heater works OK, but I need a small fan that I can put over the floor register to suck more air through the system.

It might not be a practical place for you to mount the fan, but if you could put it on the inlet end it would pressuize the air slightly and should make the heater slightly more efficient.

 

[MikeK]

There were a few other makers of Manifold heaters that did not require a firewall hole. Here's a nice one I picked up for $50 a few months ago. You can get to the dizzy retainer screw with the cover off. I have two other types that also feed through the floorboard, but no pictures.

 

[jr-41ford]

Looking at the Peter's heater how hard would it be to use copper tubing and and some copper sheet and solder up some thing to be similar to it. It wouldn't take much skill and after it got a little patina it would look like a period accessory. Anyone want to try? It's too cold here in Minnesota to go out in the garage. Happy New Year to all.

I have one of the Peter's heaters install in my 28 Tudor and used regular defrost flexible tubing from a Vintage Air heater system. Works great, never touches the exhaust, nothing burns.

If concerned, wrap some aluminum heat tape around the end of the flex hose, that goes into the part that encases the exhaust pipe.

I also put a defrost fan, from a 1940 Oldsmobile, in place of the funnel shaped intake and wired it up to a toggle switch.

It really warms up the Tudor and when no longer used, I remove the heater and cover the hole in my floor board with a piece of sheetmetal and floor mat.

I haven't driven my Tudor for just over a month, had carpal tunnel surgery on both hands, they're still too weak to turn steer. Hopefully in a couple of more weeks I can.

 

[midgetracer]

Tom,
I had a town sedan that the previous owner had put a squirrel cage fan on the front side of the heater and had one of the light up variable speed turn switches mounted up under the dash rail. It had a sheet metal piece that slid on the front of the manifold heater and could be removed easily. It kept the front seat of the town sedan toasty warm, but did little for the kids in the back seat who had to use quilts. Sorry I don't have pictures as I sold the town sedan years ago.

 

[JtownJoe]

Hi, look into computer fans, they are avail. in different sizes and only about 1" thick, very quiet and mode a lot of air for their size. also readily avail. in 5 to 12volt models and are inexpensive!